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Soon, Chu Donglin arrived at the front of a Children's Clothing Store, holding Shishi in his arms.
Standing at the entrance and glancing inside, he confirmed that there were no Mutated Zombies lurking within before he stepped inside with Shishi.
The Children's Clothing Store was surprisingly tidy, showing little sign of having been ransacked.
After all, during the apocalypse, most children, due to their vulnerability, were among the first victims. Only a few children who had stayed close to their parents managed to survive under their protection.
Thus, even if Survivors ventured out to search for clothes, they rarely visited stores like this one.
He placed Shishi on the high cash register counter and began rummaging through the store.
After some time, he finally settled on a cute white long dress.
It was a dress filled with Gothic Style elements, and Chu Donglin thought it would look absolutely beautiful on Shishi.
Next, he selected several outfits suitable for Shishi's height, picking various styles and designs before he finally shouldered his backpack and carried the girl back home.
In truth, if he had known Shishi's size, he wouldn't have needed to bring her along to choose clothes.
Once home, he set Shishi down on the sofa and gently patted her head, instinctively saying, "Sit still and don't move around."
Then he turned and walked into the kitchen to start boiling water.
While waiting for the water to boil, Chu Donglin arranged the adjacent bedroom, planning to use it as Shishi's room from now on.
He stuffed all the dresses he had scavenged into the wardrobe and discarded the original clothes inside without a hint of guilt, claiming everything that belonged to the previous owner.
Afterward, he went across the street to a supermarket and brought back a Bathtub. When he returned, he glanced at Shishi and found her still sitting quietly on the sofa without moving an inch.
With a shrug of his shoulders as expected, Chu Donglin walked into the kitchen, turned off the heat, and carried a kettle of hot water into the bathroom.
After filling the bathtub with water and adjusting the temperature, Chu Donglin returned to the living room, carrying the girl and walking into the bathroom.
The girl was now like a puppet, completely relying on Chu Donglin for her bath.
Although Chu Donglin thought that even if Shishi were conscious, expecting an eight-year-old girl to bathe herself would be quite difficult.
He removed the girl's outer garment, which was stiff with bloodstains and tears, and then took off her delicate underwear.
When the girl's tender body was fully revealed before Chu Donglin, he was struck by the sight of countless shocking bruises from whippings on her skin. His heart trembled with a painful empathy.
She was such a kind and lovely girl, yet the apocalypse had not only taken her father but also subjected her to this kind of torment.
Turning his head away, Chu Donglin could hardly bear to look at those distressing bruises.
A cold breeze swept through, causing the naked girl to shiver involuntarily, which startled Chu Donglin back to reality.
In a flustered manner, he quickly placed the girl into the warm water of the bathtub. He watched her face carefully and asked, "Shishi, how do you feel? Is there anywhere that hurts?"
For the first time, the girl, who had been like a puppet and unresponsive to Chu Donglin's words, turned her head slightly.
Staring blankly at Chu Donglin, she opened her mouth and uttered a single word.
"Thirsty..."
Chu Donglin was momentarily stunned before bursting with joy.
This was the first time in a long while that the girl had responded to him.
He hurried out of the bathroom and grabbed a bottle of yogurt. Worried that she might not know how to drink it, he even inserted a straw into the yogurt before handing it to her in the bathtub. "Drink up, Shishi."
The girl stared blankly at him for a moment before taking the bottle of yogurt. Cradling it in both hands, she began to sip it slowly.
She drank delicately, occasionally glancing up at Chu Donglin.
Meanwhile, Chu Donglin was carefully washing her body, trying not to apply too much pressure on her wounds while also scrubbing away the bloodstains and dirt. He was incredibly busy.
However, the bruises on the girl's body were far too numerous, almost covering her entirely.
No matter how gentle Chu Donglin tried to be, there were times when the pain would cause the girl to furrow her brows.
He added hot water several times to ensure that the temperature wouldn’t be too cold.
By the time Chu Donglin finished washing the girl with soap and rinsing her clean, it had barely been an hour, yet he felt more exhausted than after battling mutated zombies for three nights straight.
After drying her off with a cloth, he lifted the girl out of the bathtub and helped her into a dress he had prepared earlier.
With the bloodstains and dirt washed away and dressed in a clean outfit, the girl seemed like a completely different person.
Standing in the bathroom, Shishi looked like a princess in her Gothic Lolita dress, utterly adorable.
Chu Donglin couldn't help but smile. "You look beautiful."
He crossed his arms and admired the girl before him. It was the first time since the outbreak that he felt such genuine joy. "So beautiful, Shishi. If only you could smile right now."
The girl stared at him blankly, tilting her head cutely as if confused about why Chu Donglin was staring at her and smiling.
Her adorable expression warmed Chu Donglin's heart.
Even though he had turned into a zombie and was surrounded by the dangers of this dark apocalyptic city, as long as the girl was by his side, he didn’t feel lonely.
He carried the girl with damp hair back into the living room and placed Shishi on the sofa. With no electricity, the hairdryer was useless, and her hair could only dry naturally.
“Be good, don’t move around, okay?”
Chu Donglin habitually reminded her before turning to walk into the bathroom. Since the outbreak of the apocalypse, more than ten years had passed. In the beginning, there were no conditions to clean up, but now that he had both time and resources, he needed to wash off the dirt and grime from his body.
When he finished his shower and stepped out, he found Shishi still sitting dazedly on the sofa, not having moved an inch.
The darkness had completely settled in; with the power gone, the outside world was engulfed in blackness.
Although zombies had night vision capabilities that allowed them to see some things vaguely, Chu Donglin, as a living person accustomed to light, felt it would be better to find some lighting equipment.
Moreover, now that Shishi had regained her consciousness as a human, she would certainly need some light as well.
“Shishi, I’m going out to find a few flashlights. You stay here at home and remember not to wander around.”
After giving her a reminder, Chu Donglin pushed open the front door and left.
As he descended the stairs, he was unaware that at the moment the door closed behind him, Shishi’s dazed eyes trembled slightly in the darkness.
Her body, standing still like a puppet, shrank back a little as if she felt some fear of the empty room.
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